Battle of Kilkis (1944)

Battle of Kilkis
Part of the Greek Civil War

Kilkis in 2012
Date4 November 1944
Location
Kilkis, Greece
40°59′N 22°52′E / 40.983°N 22.867°E / 40.983; 22.867
Result ELAS victory
Belligerents
ELAS Security Battalions
EDES
EES
Commanders and leaders
Sarantis Protopapas Kyriakos Papadopoulos (Kisa Batzak)  
Strength
7,000–10,000[1] 7,300[1]–9,000[2]

The Battle of Kilkis was an armed conflict between communist resistance organisation ELAS and a coalition of collaborationist Security Battalions, nationalist resistance organisations EDES and the National Greek Army (EES). On 4 November 1944, ELAS captured Kilkis after nine hours of fighting. The nationalists suffered many casualties during the battle and in prisoner killings afterwards.

  1. ^ a b Dordanas 2006, p. 495.
  2. ^ Kalogrias 2012, p. 388.